Shotlist

05:18:39:00 LS Little boy sleeps in bed; portable radio in table next to bed
05:19:03:00 LS Boy wakes up in morning; he is wearing striped pajamas
05:19:24:00 CU Bread pops up in toaster; woman's hands remove it; zoom out;
woman places more bread in toaster
05:19:40:00 MS Woman sips coffee; starts to butter mounds of toast
05:19:49:00 MS Man shaves with electric razor while looking into mirror
05:20:00:00 LS Family sits eating breakfast; radio prominently displayed
05:20:10:00 LS Father listens closely to radio; weather forecast is broadcast
05:20:15:00 LS Mother puts coat on little boy who kisses her goodbye;
father and mother kiss goodbye; father takes son with him
05:20:35:00 CU Harold Phillips, president of the National Association of Broadcasters speaks
to camera about the importance of radio
05:21:20:00 MS Man with headphones on works in front of control panels
05:21:28:00 LS Men work adjusting dials and switches
05:21:32:00 Montage of city shots: subway, crowd seen from overhead; city streets
05:21:39:00 LS Draft animals pull cart on hillside
05:21:46:00 MS Man in control booth; reflections of reels spinning are seen on his windows
05:21:47:00 CU Light "ON AIR" sign
05:21:48:00 LS Camera pans up radio broadcast tower
05:21:56:00 MS Ham or crystal radio set being used by man and boy
05:21:58:00 CU President Warren Harding
05:22:02:00 CU Presidential candidate James Cox
05:22:05:00 LS presidential convention
05:22:22:00 LS Old couple listen to radio account of presidential convention; radio has large
cone amplifier
05:22:27:00 LS Ticker tape parade, 1928 presidential candidate Alfred Smith waves to crowds
05:22:43:00 LS Herbert Hoover speaks into a radio microphone
05:22:50:00 LS Family, including older people, sits around 'watching' the radio
05:23:00:00 LS 1933, crowds of somber people gather to hear Franklin Roosevelt; FDR says line
"It is my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
05:23:17:00 LS Man, supine, sleeping in public park with hat over his head
05:23:21:00 LS Men in breadlines
05:23:29:00 LS Scrawny, hungry Depression-era cat
05:23:31:00 LS Man washes his face at public outdoor tap
05:23:35:00 LS Children on bicycles and roller skates on sidewalk
05:23:37:00 LS Children being spun around on carnival ride which is handcranked by boy
05:23:42:00 LS Montage of shots of people listening to radio at home and work
05:23:46:00 MS King Edward VIII of England is shown in a studio; voiceover is Edward abdicating
his throne; Edward walks with Wallis Warfield Simpson down path
05:23:59:00 CU Wallis Simpson
05:24:00:00 LS Zepplein Hindenburg explodes; voiceover radio reporter
05:24:35:00 CU Radio; voiceover: Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
05:24:40:00 LS Warplanes seen in air
05:24:54:00 LS Explosions of ships at Pearl Harbor; voiceover: FDR saying "December 7, 1941, a
date which will live in infamy"
05:25:05:00 MS American soldiers in city move stealthily through town; tank parked in
background (this sequence is all World War II footage)
05:25:14:00 LS Explosion of shell on hillside
05:25:18:00 LS American tanks shoot
05:25:23:00 LS Artillery shoots
05:25:26:00 LS NBC studio; many children with headphones on
05:25:33:00 CU NBC reporter interviews English child who is staying in U.S. for the duration of
the war; her mother's voice is heard as well
05:25:54:00 LS U.S. Naval troops stand on deck of ship
05:25:57:00 CU Japanese minister signs surrender in WWII
05:26:01:00 LS Exterior United Nations building
05:26:06:00 LS United Nations meeting
05:26:11:00 LS Radio broadcast tower seen from below
05:26:21:00 CU Tabletop radio
05:26:23:00 LS Government building in Singapore
05:26:25:00 LS Riots in Paris; police beat people
05:26:28:00 LS Capitol building; trees in foreground
05:26:31:00 LS President Harry Truman, circled by a bevy of reporters
05:26:35:00 CU Harry Truman
05:26:37:00 MS Reporters scramble for telephones
05:26:44:00 LS Reporters in phone booths next to each other call in their stories
05:26:46:00 LS Newsroom
05:26:49:00 CU Reporter reads news into a microphone
05:26:54:00 LS/MS President Eisenhower has press conference which is broadcast
05:27:20:00 CU Harold Phillips, president of NAB, speaks about how much radio touches the
lives of Americans
05:27:52:00 LS Woman works in kitchen; reaches over to adjust radio dial
05:27:57:00 LS Giant radio antenna, used for civil defense warning
05:28:04:00 LS Rocket launches
05:28:07:00 LS Military airplane takes off
05:28:11:00 CU Hand adjusts dials on radio
05:28:16:00 LS Clouds move across sky; dust blows across field;
05:28:27:00 MS People secure their buildings against severe storms
05:28:33:00 CU Radio is pictured; voiceover "warning a tornado is headed this way"
05:28:43:00 LS Funnel of a tornado is seen in the distance
05:28:51:00 CU Radio reporter uses telephone in car
05:28:57:00 LS Tornado seen in distance over city
05:29:05:00 LS Much debris is blown very high into the air by a tornado
05:29:00:00 MS Radio reporter on car telephone broadcasts; vehicle has a sign which reads "KNAB"
05:29:32:00 Lightning streaks
05:29:37:00 CU Water flowing down muddy hillside, first in streaks, then torrents
05:29:44:00 LS Flood waters rush through streets; through homes;
05:29:56:00 LS Helicopter seen overhead
05:30:00:00 LS Aerial view flooded railroad tracks
05:30:08:00 LS Seen from above, fire engine drives by
05:30:14:00 LS "KNAB" station wagon drives up; reporter leans out; reports on the phone
05:30:20:00 LS Firefighters unhook hoses and begin spraying fire with water
05:30:47:00 CU Portable tape recorder is turned on
05:30:50:00 CU Reporter interviews fire chief on the scene
05:31:00:00 MS Reporter interviews mother, son, daughter
05:31:04:00 CU Reporter talks on phone, hanging out of car window
05:31:10:00 CU Sign "Missing Persons Bureau/Special Investigations Squad"
05:31:12:00 MS Police office reads information about missing persons into radio microphone
05:31:21:00 CU Wrecking ball
05:31:26:00 LS Wrecking ball crashes into building; demolishing it
05:31:40:00 LS Sailboats on the Potomac river; Capitol in the distance
05:31:49:00 Montage of shots: traffic jam; pedestrians feet; classroom
05:32:00:00 MS Woman listens to radio at kitchen table
05:32:06:00 CU Radio
05:32:19:00 MS Radio announcer reads news
05:32:39:00 MS Traffic jams
05:32:44:00 CU Two men inside traffic helicopter
05:33:00:00 CU Car radio
05:32:05:00 MS Car drives from traffic jam to clear secondary roads
05:33:16:00 MS Men working in radio control booth as seen in a mirror
05:33:21:00 LS Father sitting in easy chair; son on carpet puts on clear plastic "space helmet"
and plays with toy rocket; while listening to radio
05:33:43:00 MS Father balances son on his knee while sitting in easy chair in living room
05:33:58:00 MS Woman writes note at kitchen tables; tacks it to bulletin board
05:34:35:00 LS Top-down convertible driving along
05:34:40:00 LS POV driver looking down highway alongside body of water
05:34:48:00 MS Man gets up from milking cow; he walks over to radio, turns it on; he has a
cigarette in his mouth
05:34:55:00 CU Hands sorting mail into boxes
05:34:57:00 MS Barber cutting hair stops and puts his ear to the radio
05:34:59:00 LS Professional baseball game; batter hits to shortstop side
05:35:01:00 CU Barber smiles happily about baseball game
05:35:03:00 MS Two childen on the beach sitting next to beach towel; woman throws herself down
on towel and turns on radio
05:35:08:00 MS Teenage boy (crewcut) listens to transistor radio on street with a small
earphone
05:35:14:00 LS Sunsets in rural area
05:35:18:00 MS Nighttime car drives up on suburban street; headlights visible, not much else
05:35:30:00 MS Father wakes up sleeping son in front seat of car; son has toys, balloons. Dad
picks him up and carries him into house
05:36:11:00 MS Mother tucks son into bed and kisses him goodnight
05:36:27:00 CU Hand sets alarm on clock radio
[END OF FILM]

¥ worth noting: nice, short shots of storms.

¥ 5:29:05:20- 5:29:21:20
Nice, grainy shot of tornado ripping apart small buildings in either Dallas or KansasÑdebris flies towards the camera. Lots of movement in this sequence.

¥ 5:29:45:10- 5:29:54:23
Main Street (in California ?) floodedÑsmall buildings practically under water.

¥ 5:31:21:09- 05:31:35:12
Good shot of demolition of building (the narrator indicates this is part of "slum clearance projects") which starts with ball on crane and cuts to it smashing a large, urban building.

worth noting: two nice driving POV shots from a convertible, but they're short (the first starts at 5:33:04:28 and the second 5:34:35:08).




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